Dragon Quest, the long-running series of RPGs, will be adapted into a CG anime film set for release in Japan this summer. The film, which is titled Dragon Quest Your Story, will be based on the fifth game in the franchise, Dragon Quest V. The …Read more »
Kämpfer, the 2009 anime series about gender-swapping fighters, is turning ten this year—and finally getting an English-language dub. That’s the word from Sentai Filmworks, who announced the dub with a simple, one-sentence tweet today.
Two of the world’s most famous giant robot teams, those of mega-franchises Mazinger Z and Transformers, are set to face off in an upcoming manga. Now we’ve learned the cover of that manga was drawn by none other than the legendary Go Nagai, the creator …Read more »
Frame Arms Girl, the anime series about female action figures who do battle, is getting a compilation film this June. This weekend at Wonder Festival, a new trailer for that film, Kyakkya Ufufu na Wonderland, was unveiled—and that trailer includes a preview of new song “Manjou Icchi (unanimity) …Read more »
The Irregular at Magic High School: Plan to Assassinate Tatsuya Shiba, a light novel spinoff of the original Irregular at Magic High School, will be adapted into a manga. The light novels, which are written by Irregular creator Tsutomu Sato, will be adapted by manga-ka …Read more »
NBC Universal might not be the first name that pops into mind when it comes to anime, but its Japan branch is actually involved in the creation of several anime series. Now it’s getting in on the time-honored business of “anime cafe in Akihabara.” Anime …Read more »
Mairimashita! Iruma-kun, a fish-out-of-water story about a boy studying at a school for demons, is getting an anime adaptation. The news was announced on the cover of this week’s Weekly Shonen Champion magazine. That same issue announced the upcoming BEASTARS anime adaptation. Mairimashita! Iruma-kun, which …Read more »
The KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World franchise is gearing up to bless this world with a new feature film. Now we’ve got a fresh look at that film via a new teaser trailer. The film, subtitled Kurenai Densetsu (Crimson Legend), is due out …Read more »
Lost no more. Sci-fi manga Astra Lost in Space has just found a home on television as an anime series. The series, based on the manga by Kenta Shinohara (known in Japanese as Kanata no Astra), will be directed by Masaomi Ando at studio Lerche. …Read more »
A beastly bit of good news for fans of the manga BEASTARS: it’s getting an anime adaptation. The adaptation will be produced by CG-centric studio Orange, best known for their anime version of Land of the Lustrous. The news comes via this week’s issue of …Read more »
A3!, a Japanese smartphone game in which players train male voice actors, will be getting the anime treatment. The series will be animated at P.A. Works (Shirobako) and Studio 3Hz (Flip Flappers). It’ll be directed by Keisuke Shinohara (Black Fox) with character designs and chief …Read more »
If you’ve been hankering to cosplay the Neutrophil, aka White Blood Cell, from Cells at Work!, Japan has the jacket for you. Cosplay apparel company Cospa will release the the jacket, modeled after the one worn by the Neutrophil, in S, M, L and XL …Read more »
Signal.MD, the new anime studio spun off from Production I.G, has just revealed its latest project: an original anime film called Cider no Yō ni Kotoba ga Wakiagaru (Words Bubbling Up Like Cider). The film is produced by FlyingDog, the Japanese record label that is …Read more »
It’s anyone’s guess as to whether Mamoru Hosoda’s Mirai will win at the Academy Awards, but this weekend, the film pulled in another impressive distinction. The 2018 film won for Best Animated Independent Feature at the Annie Awards, the long-running animation awards from the International …Read more »
Do you know YU-NO? In Japan, YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World is remembered as a cult classic visual novel. Originally released as an adult game on the PC-98 in 1996, it later got non-pornographic Sega Saturn and Windows …Read more »
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